"Ms. Peace & Quiet, how can you afford to be so quiet? The world is a mess. Every thing is in shambles and jumbled. How can you be so at peace?" shouted Ms. Right & Proper at Ms. Peace & Quiet, who was having time off for herself and probably for her sanity.
She then sensed that Ms. Right & Proper was waiting for an answer - a proper; could be the perfect answer from her, to her existential query. So, she thought long and hard...
And suddenly, it was 2020. The world has changed. Both Ms. Peace & Quiet and Ms. Right & Proper were now both sporting long, jagged hairstyles. Their nails have grown an inch, too.
Yet, they were still in Ms. Peace & Quiet's classroom. Ms. Right & Proper still uptight and upright while Ms. Peace & Quiet looked like she was still thinking things over - searching her heart and soul; taking her time, so she can give Ms. Right & Proper a proper, perfect answer to her existential query.
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Dearest Readers, how should the story end? Who is right? Who is wrong? Or what should be Ms. Peace & Quiet's answer, or should I say, how should Ms. Peace & Quiet answer Ms. Right & Proper?
I, myself, do not have a clue. But, as for me, being right and proper have always been my crusade in life. I always exert effort and waste precious time at times trying to find the perfect answer, the best solution to my life issues.
Unfortunately, this is also a cross I must bear on a daily basis. I know in my heart that there will come a time that I must carry this cross of mine and allow for once Peace and Quiet to reign, and to set aside the Ms. Right & Proper in me, because the circumstance need it to be so... because I do not want to hurt loved ones, friends, and family just to prove how right I am.
This Lent 2019, may peace and quiet reign in all of our hearts. It is a worthy cause; and one that can only bear the best fruits of the Holy Spirt, to quote Galatians 5:22;
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control."
Ms. Right and Proper so frustrated then left Ms. Peace and Quiet and went out into the world again to prove her indignation at the angst of humanity. Ms. Peace and Quiet looked at the open door and slowly stood up to follow Ms. Right and Proper. "Wait for me,"she said. Ms. Right and Proper turned and held her hand out. Ms. Peace and Quiet took it. And out into the world they went hand in hand. The sun was high up in the sky. As they walked hand in hand, their shadows trailed behind them. They walked further and further away from the room until their figures grew smaller and smaller until one could almost see no longer two figures but two figures merging as one and whole. The sun now has set. Night has fallen.
ReplyDeleteThis is my take on the ending. I love the story, Jima. So much potential for several different endings. 😊